Crashing Down: Preparation

[voidtreckermods]

Voidtreckers. I have picked up a catastrophe mission coming from system #78961112094711. Voidtreckers have urged me to be open with you all these last months and so I shall be transparent. The readings coming from this catastrophe are very unusual and I cannot determine the threats. Indeed there do not seem to be any threats in the system that would result in a catastrophe level mission.

This has been encountered before, in the Month of Egret on system #27462947582. This voidcraft was unable to ascertain the threats that could lead to a catastrophe. Known risks were calculated and mission goals created, but the Voidtreckers were put in unnecessary danger from the world destroyers.

From the data available it is not unreasonable to believe that the catastrophe facing #78961112094711 comes from the world destroyers. We still have little information. We do not have any way to stop the destroyers. However we have advantages that Voidtreckers did not have in the month of Egret.

We know what is coming. System #78961112094711 is Void Active. Voidtreckers have allies there. Saving the system is not possible but with five hours it is possible that many many lives could be saved by evacuating them to the void.

This voidcraft is sending a forward message to the ministry stationed on System #78961112094711. Due to the nature of arriving at catastrophe missions they will receive it not long before we arrive. But it should mean they are ready for us. This voidcraft has calculated mission goals to help voidtreckers organise but it should be noted that the most important goal is to save as many lives as possible.

The announcement comes out of the blue on day twenty four of the month of Quicksand. Not too long after breakfast when people are getting on with chores or other morning activities.

It is followed quickly by a holographic message setting out their team goals. They do not have all that much time before arrival, an hour or so to be prepared for the huge task ahead of them. The dressing carriage is open with warm coats, hats and other team-coordinated winter accessories.

How to prepare for such a challenge? It's going to be a very difficult day.

[OOC: This is a bonus extra for those who want to play out the preparation and reaction to the forthcoming event. It is forward dated until day 24. The actual event will go up on the 16th April and a conclusion on the 23rd. Though IC the event will only last one day.]

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[another_moon]

“I know. Them first, then those monsters.”

Usagi wasn’t sure she was going to be able to handle this, but she had to try, right?

[flatteries]

Monsters, huh. For some reason Inigo gets stuck on that word, and he raises a hand up to the back of his head, ruffling the hair back there as he seems to think for a moment.

"I don't know if I'd call them monsters.."

Don't get him wrong. This is definitely not Inigo getting all sympathetic towards those things - it's not that kind of direction that his speech is taking here.

"I mean, I saw them. They didn't look like monsters." Granted, Inigo might be thinking of a very specific kind of monsters here.. "They felt more like.. nothingness, almost."

He knows it's a vague description, but it's the best way to put the sensation he felt and what he witnessed into words.

[another_moon]

“…nothingness?” Usagi said, confused. That… that didn’t seem right at all.

“What are they, then?”

[flatteries]

"They are like.. shadows."

Like spots of nothingness in the world, maybe he meant it more like that. Inigo frowns as he's saying it, like he's truly having trouble putting it into words here.

"We didn't fully see what they can do, since the train pulled us back before the worst of it happened, but.. it's like darkness is slowly approaching you when you see them coming. It's such an odd and dreadful thing to see."

[another_moon]

"Shadows..."

Usagi didn't like that at all. Maybe she was getting in over her head, but she had to try, right?

"I wish we knew more..."

[flatteries]

Isn't that the story of their life on the train? Things would be so much easier if they had more information, and yet every time they're told something new, it just gives them twenty more questions.

Inigo slowly shakes his head. "Let's just be careful."

Because if they're something that can make a world just straight up vanish that quickly.. They can't be something good.

"If it's anything like the last time I saw them, you should be able to see them approach from a distance." Granted, they can't even be sure of that. For all they know, those things could appear out of nowhere this time around. It's the downside of having so little information. "So just be prepared to react, the moment you see that. Don't let fear freeze you."

After all, Usagi had seemed nice enough before. Inigo wouldn't want something bad to happen to her, especially when it involves those world destroying things.

[another_moon]

“I’ll be fine.” Usagi said. “I’ll try not to freeze up if it shows up. If I do, I trust people like you to get me out, though.”

[flatteries]

"Huh?"

For a moment Inigo looks kind of surprised as he stares over at her. His eyes are kind of wide, like he didn't quite expect to hear that of all things..

But even though it makes him faintly - very faintly! - blush, he shakes his head.

"Of course!" After all, he would have had her back anyway. That's not what he's so surprised about here.

It's just.. "I didn't quite realise you were relying on me."

[another_moon]

Usagi smiled at that. “I rely on all of my friends. I trust on everyone I can to make sure I don’t make the wrong choices. I can’t just rely on one person.”

[flatteries]

"You'd think of me as a friend already?" He seems a little less surprised by that. After all, for all of the faults that existing on the train has, Inigo has found that most people on it are infinitely kind. Usagi hasn't given him any signs that would make him think differently.

Still.. it's a nice thing to hear, and it makes him smile a little bit as he looks at her.

"I'm honoured. I guess that means I can't let you down here."